2009 County Championship

2009 County Championship

Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	First-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Durham (2nd title)
Participants	18
Matches played	144
Most runs	Marcus Trescothick (1,817 for Somerset)[1]
Most wickets	Danish Kaneria (75 for Essex)[2]

The 2009 County Championship season, known as the LV County Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the 110th County Championship season. It was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team played all the others in their division both home and away. The top two teams from Division Two were promoted to the first division for the 2010 season, while the bottom two sides from Division 1 were relegated.

Durham County Cricket Club won the Championship for the second consecutive season. Worcestershire and Sussex were relegated from Division One, with Kent and Essex promoted in their place.

Teams

Division One Division Two Durham Derbyshire Hampshire Essex Lancashire Glamorgan Nottinghamshire Gloucestershire Somerset Kent Sussex Leicestershire Warwickshire Middlesex Worcestershire Northamptonshire Yorkshire Surrey

Icon Team promoted from Division Two Team relegated from Division One

Standings

• Pos = Position, Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, T = Ties, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Pen = Penalty points, Pts = Points.

Division One Team Pld W L D T A Bat Bwl Adj Pts Durham (C) 16 8 0 8 0 0 49 48 –1 240 Nottinghamshire 16 4 2 10 0 0 56 41 0 193 Somerset 16 3 1 12 0 0 50 43 –1 182 Lancashire 16 4 2 10 0 0 35 44 0 175 Warwickshire 16 3 3 10 0 0 54 38 0 174 Hampshire 16 3 3 10 0 0 50 40 –3 169 Yorkshire 16 2 2 12 0 0 46 44 0 166 Sussex (R) 16 2 6 8 0 0 45 39 –1 143 Worcestershire (R) 16 0 10 6 0 0 30 40 0 94 Source:.[3] Last updated 28 September 2009. Adjustments: Hampshire deducted 3 points for a slow over-rate in their match against Worcestershire. Durham deducted 1 point for a slow over-rate in their match against Sussex. Somerset deducted 1 point for a slow over-rate in their match against Durham. Sussex deducted 1 point for a slow over-rate in their match against Worcestershire.

Division Two Team Pld W T L D A Bat Bwl Adj Pts Kent (P) 16 8 0 3 5 0 43 44 0 219 Essex (P) 16 6 0 3 7 0 40 43 –1 194 Northamptonshire 16 6 0 4 6 0 40 45 0 193 Gloucestershire 16 6 0 6 4 0 39 46 0 185 Glamorgan 16 2 0 2 12 0 56 43 0 175 Derbyshire 16 2 0 3 11 0 55 45 0 172 Surrey 16 1 0 4 11 0 54 36 0 148 Middlesex 16 2 0 7 7 0 43 41 0 140 Leicestershire 16 2 0 3 11 0 31 35 0 138 Source:.[3] Last updated 28 September 2009. Adjustments: Essex deducted 1 point for a slow over-rate in their match against Middlesex.

References

1. "Batting and Fielding in LV County Championship 2009 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
2. "Bowling in LV County Championship 2009 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
3. "LV County Championship tables". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 2009-07-25. Retrieved 9 August 2009.